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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for the advice! DD isn't officially diagnosed yet because her pediatrician wants to wait and see. Would you say the teen years are easier or harder than the younger years? Would a teen be able to wake up in the morning with an alarm clock and get herself ready for and then to school with no parental involvement?[/quote]

Op, your DD is very young, and ADHD presents so differently in different children.

I have 3 DDs, all with ADHD combined diagnosis. My oldest (12) and youngest (8) can get themselves ready independently, although need help getting out of bed. My oldest just started being independent last year, so I’ve been scaffolding a long time. My middle DD (10) still needs lots of support in the morning. She gets distracted by everything - she also is self-aware of it and feels bad but honestly can’t help it. My two older girls take stimulants, so they are pretty good during the day.

Socially, my oldest’s ADHD has had an impact (didnt regulate emotions well), but for my other two there hasn’t been an impact - they have lots of close friends.

Academically, they are all doing well but it was very hard to get them to do any stuff that requires rote memorization and concentration and is hard. Learning to read was really hard for my oldest and youngest, and memorizing math facts was/is hard for all of them - I have to push them to keep at it and learn them. But otherwise, they are very good students. [/quote]

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